Scrabble Dictionary
Check words in Scrabble Dictionary and make sure it's an official scrabble word.
Yes
Valid in these dictionaries
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US / Canada / Thailand)
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / International)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Meaning of shank
1 definition found
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shank
n 1: a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the
upper part of the leg
2: the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
3: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something [syn:
{shank}, {stem}]
4: cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and
the head
5: cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the
drill
6: the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide
part of the sole [syn: {shank}, {waist}]
7: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock
in hoofed mammals [syn: {cannon}, {shank}]
8: a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the
ball
v 1: hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball
to veer in the wrong direction
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
Use this Scrabble® dictionary checker tool to find out whether a word is acceptable in your scrabble dictionary. When you enter a word and click on Check Dictionary button, it simply tells you whether it's valid or not, and list out the dictionaries in case of valid word. Additionally, you can also read the meaning if you want to know more about a particular word.
Back to Scrabble Word Finder